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| Australian actress Nicole Kidman arrives at the
Cinema Palace in Venice, September 8, 2004. Kidman is starring in
British director Jonathan Glazer's movie "Birth" in competition at
the Venice film festival. (AFP) | Nicole
Kidman graces the Venice Film Festival Wednesday for the premiere of
her new movie, Birth.
The actress stars in one of her most controversial parts to date as a
woman who believes her dead husband has been reincarnated in the body of a
10-year-old boy.
Kidman, 37, will attend the screening with co-star Lauren Bacall.
Birth is a front-runner for this year's prestigious Golden Lion prize,
competing with the likes of Mira Nair's Vanity Fair and the Kate Winslet
movie Finding Neverland.
The unusual subject matter has already provoked controversy weeks
before its release.
The film was booed
yesterday at a pre-view screening for journalists.
Kidman plays Anna, a wealthy New Yorker whose husband collapses and
dies while jogging in Central Park.
Ten years later she is about to marry another man.
Their engagement party is interrupted by Sean, a 10-year-old boy who
announces he is her dead husband.
At first she is disbelieving, but soon becomes convinced Sean is
telling the truth and begins to fall in love with him.
In one scene, Kidman and the boy are naked as they share a bath
together.
Sean is played by 11-year-old American actor Cameron Bright in an
extraordinary performance.
Kidman arrived in Venice on Monday，three days after ex-husband Tom
Cruise left. He was there to promote his new film Collateral.
The Palazzo cinema on the Venice Lido will be sealed off prior to the
screening while police sweep the building for suspect devices.
The oldest film festival of Europe has attracted more Hollywood
stars this year than ever before.
As a result, the organisers have brought in a raft of new security
measures - leading to severe delays and criticism that the event has
become a shambles
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(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2004-09-09 14:45